Halcyon Days

The latest on blurring the line between human and mechanical comes to you in the form of the KOBIAN humanoid robot, a walking, interactive being that can also produce facial movement and body positioning to simulate emotional expressions.  If you have a Del Spooner-like distrust of robots, I’d advise skipping out on watching the video at the above link.

The Japanese technical team behind the robot’s creation says it hopes to develop the robot to a point where it could be useful assisting the sick or elderly with household chores, but that it would probably take several decades to get to that point.  Still, that could mean they’ve got it perfected right about the time I would need one…Exciting.